LOVE

I say goodbye when I approach you, Love,

as my age and this gray would have me do.

There was the shadow of the earth and sun

and, oh, the heart of a heartless boy in you.

Ti dico addio quando ti cerco Amore,

come il mio tempo e questo grigio vuole.

Oh, in te era l’ombra della terra e il sole,

e il cuore d’un fanciullo senza cuore.

(Umberto Saba, 1947)